Posts tagged Race
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Breakfast links: Influence
There is a (little) bike lobby; Is the council too powerful?; Safeway expands, goes mixed-use; Fence blocks the way; No jail for Raquel Nelson; Fraud with disability parking; Education elements; House may scrap Ike design; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Dig yourself a hole
DC Water is spending big; Bonds’ platform: “I’m black”; Benning is better; MPD not releasing marijuana data; Landmark Mall redevelopment far off; How smart is Street Smart?; Count traffic for $200; And… Keep reading…
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Must social services and quality of life conflict?
A DC official says that “white liberals” don’t care about social services, while black folks “aren’t as passionate” about services like recreation centers. Is that right? More importantly, does it matter? Can’t we have both? Former DC resident Matt Bevilacqua talks about DC’s black-white divide in a post for Next City. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: No tuition for you!
Sequester interrupts 1,300 students’ tuition; One for PG takeover; Milloy endorses Henderson’s plan; Minorities are not becoming teachers; Are Gifted & Talented programs racist?; Other Washington gets probed; Are AP/IB classes harmful?; Bill Maher spars with Michelle Rhee. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: ... Unless it’s about race (or KIPP)
MoCo scores up, racial/ethnic gap too; NoVA Latino students facing ‘resegregating’ schools; Test scores rise at charters, drop in DCPS; Initial DCPS budget stirs opposition; KIPP seeks to build second DC high school; More on Mathematica’s KIPP report; A look at educational reform in New Orleans. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: It’s always charters and school closures
Data backs up KIPP performance; KIPP DC expels many students; Closing schools hurt neighborhoods; Highest-paid first-year teachers?; Enrollment is now up; LA races judge school reform; Are schools suppressing diversity?; Common Core backlash…already?; Surprise, internships matter!. Keep reading…
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Bike sharing systems push to reach underrepresented groups
Bike sharing has been a huge success in many cities and received many well-deserved plaudits, but some have criticized bike sharing for not necessarily serving all segments of the population. What are bike sharing systems doing to expand their reach? Data on the demographics and socioeconomics of annual bike sharing users is only now emerging, and there are no comprehensive… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Welcome to 2013
Tejada to focus on affordable housing; Dispute brings down NextBus app; Talk ped safety in upcounty MoCo; 2012’s many bar closures; A political 2012; Free transit on big days?; Black gentrification vs. white; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Changes at WMATA
Silver Line extension explained; More Silver, less Blue; Ridership down; WMATA Board gets new rules; Not so free air; Taxis discriminate; It wasn’t prices; A Post columnist making sense on bicycles?; Big boxes not created equal; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What’s the law?
U-turns on Penn illegal, really; CMs exempt from parking laws?; Bike easier to GMU; Arlington wants more CaBi; Tiny homes in DC?; DC’s most unsafe playgrounds; Commutes slower for black folks; Traffic pollution boosts autism?; And…. Keep reading…